How to Write 库 (kù) — Meaning “warehouse; storehouse”

Picture a garage: the 广 radical looks like a roof, and inside it there is a 车 (car). So 库 is like a 'car house' — a garage or warehouse for storing vehicles and goods.

Write 广 first: dot, horizontal, left-falling stroke. Then write 车: horizontal, left-falling, horizontal, vertical. Pay attention to keep 车 centered under 广 and not too wide; a common mistake is making the left-falling stroke of 广 too long, which throws off the balance.

库 has the radical 广 with 车 inside, meaning warehouse. 平 (píng) has no 广 and has a different top part (干), meaning flat or level. 庀 (pǐ) also has 广 but contains 匕 (a spoon/dagger), not 车, so it looks like a shelter with a small object inside.

库 appears in everyday words like 车库 (garage), 仓库 (warehouse), and 数据库 (database). It is especially common in technology and logistics; for example, 数据库 is a key term in computing, reflecting how the character's core idea of 'storage' extends to digital data.

Common words containing 库 include: 车库 (chē kù) — garage; 仓库 (cāng kù) — Warehouse; storehouse.; 数据库 (shù jù kù) — database.